8-K

JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.

July 8, 2021

/s/ Michael J. Valentine

Michael J. Valentine

Chief Financial Officer, Group President and Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 8, 2021 (July 8, 2021)

JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware	0-19681	36-2419677
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1703 North Randall Road, Elgin, Illinois 60123-7820

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 289-1800

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading
Symbol

Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered

Common Stock, $.01 par value per share

JBSS

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 8.01.

Other Events

On July 8, 2021, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend (the “Special Dividend”) of $2.30 per share on all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock of the Company and an annual cash dividend of $0.70 per share on all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock of the Company (the “Annual Dividend”). The Special Dividend and Annual Dividend will be paid on August 25, 2021 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 10, 2021. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The exhibits furnished herewith are listed in the Exhibit Index of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibits		Description

99.1		Press Release dated July 8, 2021.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits